Tag: Global
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Iridium Posts Double-Digit Revenue Increase in 2022, Surpasses 2M Subscribers
Iridium Communications reported another year of record revenue in 2022, growing revenue by 17% compared to 2021. The company reported full-year 2022 revenue of $721 million in its financial results on Thursday, attributing the growth to higher service revenue and record equipment sales. CEO Matt Desch announced on Thursday’s call with investors that Iridium eclipsed…
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MediaTek and Skylo Collaborate on Next-Gen 3GPP NTN Satellite Solutions
Skylo, a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) service operator connecting anything, anywhere, announced its ongoing partnership with MediaTek, a leading global chipset manufacturer. With MediaTek’s 3GPP NTN-standard modem and Skylo’s NTN service, smartphone and IoT manufacturers can develop new devices, sensors, and wearables with in-built satellite connectivity. This allows OEMs to offer connectivity experiences that weren’t possible…
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EchoStar Begins Construction of Global S-band Network
EchoStar Corporation announced an agreement with Astro Digital, a designer, manufacturer, and operator of small satellite systems, for the construction of a global S-band mobile satellite service (MSS) network. Under the agreement, Astro Digital will manufacture the satellites for the constellation, which will deliver global Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M), and other data services…
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Dutch Research Organization to Deploy Lasercom Mission on Sidus Space Satellite
A research organization in the Netherlands reached a deal to deploy its laser communications technology on a future Sidus Space satellite for a tech demonstration mission. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, known as TNO, will deliver its HemiCAT miniature laser communications terminal to Sidus Space to integrate, deploy, and operate on a LizzieSat…
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Antaris Announces Successful Launch of JANUS-1 Cloud-Built Demonstration Satellite
Antaris, the creator of the most advanced software platform for space, announced that the world’s first satellite fully conceived, designed, and manufactured using the company’s end-to-end cloud platform has successfully reached orbit. JANUS-1 rode on the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) SSLV-D2 rocket, which was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre of India under…
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Satcom Direct Installs Prototype SD Plane Simple Ka-band Terminal
Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has completed the installation of the first Plane Simple Ka-band antenna on the company’s SD Gulfstream G550. The prototype terminal, consisting of only two line-replaceable units (LRUs) – the tail-mount antenna and SD Modem Unit – is testing the advanced technology hardware’s compatibility with Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX inflight…
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NASA Redirects Intuitive Machines’ First Mission to the Lunar South Pole Region
Intuitive Machines, LLC, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the return of lunar scientific data in support of the Artemis Program. As part of this joint effort, Intuitive Machines will shift the landing site of its first mission to the lunar South Pole Region in support of…
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Rocket Lab Releases New Space Systems Products for Global Small Satellite Market
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, released two new high-performance space systems products designed to increase the availability of essential satellite components to the global small satellite market. Bolstering the Company’s existing line of proven satellite components, the new Rocket Lab products include the Frontier-X software-defined radio…
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Thales Alenia Space to Provide Electric Propulsion for Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-3 Satellite
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide electric propulsion for incorporation on their GEO-KOMPSAT-3 (GK3) satellite. Scheduled for launch in 2027, GK3 is a multi-band communications satellite that will provide broadband satellite communication services in the Korean…
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SES, ThinKom, and Hughes Develop Multi-Orbit Resilient Connectivity for Critical Airborne Missions
SES, ThinKom, and Hughes have demonstrated a revolutionary high-performance multi-orbit service capable of supporting multiple solutions for government airborne missions, the companies announced. The open architecture ThinKom ThinAir Ka2517 airborne satcom terminal was successfully demonstrated over SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary (GEO) satellite networks during testing at ThinKom’s Hawthorne, CA, facilities and on an aircraft…